Some Asides Away From Main Action

January 26, 1992|by TIM REEVES, The Morning Call

Snippets from a notebook, scribbled at this weekend's Republican State Committee meeting:

Former state Commerce Secretary James Pickard, a leader of the Republican Party's conservative wing, made news Friday by calling a press conference to announce his support for U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, whom Pickard previously criticized as insufficiently conservative.

Pickard said one reason he's supporting Specter over ultra-conservative state Rep. Stephen Freind is Freind does not have the "maturity" needed to solve the country's economic ills.